ScreenReaders

Table of Contents AMIS and Screen Readers Keyboard Shortcuts Title Bar Text Format Field Values Example

AMIS and Screen Readers

Right now, there are JAWS scripts for AMIS.

Keyboard Shortcuts

The following keyboard shortcuts were created to give screen reader scripts some control over AMIS:

    * Toggle content audio:  Ctrl+Shift+F
    * Toggle self-voicing audio: Ctrl+Shift+G
    * Focus on sidebar: Ctrl+N
    * Focus on text: Ctrl+T
    * Reset highlight colors: Ctrl+Shift+E

Title Bar Text

The application title bar gives the status of the player. The fields are listed below.

Format

APP_NAME "BOOK_TITLE" VIEW_MODE - SELF_VOICING_MODE - PLAY_STATE

Field Values

 * APP_NAME: usually "AMIS"
 * BOOK_TITLE: the actual title of the book currently open
 * VIEW_MODE: "Basic view mode" or "Standard view mode"
 * SELF_VOICING_MODE: "Self-Voicing" or "No self-voicing"
 * PLAY_STATE: "Playing..." or "Paused."

Example

AMIS3 "The book title" Basic view mode - Self-voicing - Playing...